For better or worse, Keir Starmer wants to take Labour forward by rekindling the politics of the party’s not so distant past. The opposition leader has been the first of Tony Blair's predecessors to talk openly about his admiration for the achievements of ‘New Labour’ at the turn of the millennium, and his zeal for business-minded policymaking with left-leaning social goals has made comparisons between the two virtually unavoidable.

Episode 17 of Jumping Off Points assesses whether Starmer is following in Blair’s footsteps through an in-depth look at the policies, attitudes and goals of New Labour during Blair’s time in government.

Dubious representations of the working class, incomprehensible foreign policy, freedom of movement in pre-Brexit Britain; Love Actually is not only the finest Christmas-themed rom-com ever made, it is also a time capsule preserving Britain’s biggest political and cultural debates from the last twenty years.

In episode 16 of Jumping Off Points, hosts Timbah and Aidan get into the festive spirit by - very tenuously - analysing the film’s positions and messages.

In the months of September and October, the UK was gripped by headlines about British prisons being on the brink of total collapse. It was widely reported that there were only 557 places left for newly sentenced prisoners, amidst other reports that terror suspect Daniel Khalife had successfully escaped from Wandsworth Prison.

Episode 15 of Jumping Off Points sees hosts Timbah and Aidan investigating the historical causes of an expanding prison population and exploring the potential solutions for reducing it.